Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 45761, Benjamin Flint, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Flint, Benjamin
S 45761
1820 wife Eunice
CONTENTS
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11.706 New Hampshire
See letter to Sec. of War 13 th Feb. 1828. That receives pay under act of May 15. 1828.
Benjamin Flint
of Winchester in the state of N Hampshire who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel M c Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three years &c
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of June 181 and sent to Elisha Huntley Keene New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  41.57 5 \frac{2}{31 \frac{4}{30}} $ 41.57
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Benjamin Flint Winchester New Hampshire 10th Feb 1821
Not entitled

I Benjamin Flint of Hineston in the County of Cheshire and State of Hampshire husbandman do make the following declaration upon oath:
That in the year of our Lord Sixteen hundred and Seventy Seven in April or May I enlisted as a private Soldier in the Continental Army in the United States of America at Reading in the State of Massachusetts for Three years under Capt James Fruit in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the Massachusetts line and Served as a Soldier untill February 1780 when I enlisted during the war into Lent Horse Company that in July 1780 I was drafted into Capt John Burnams Company in which I Served untill the End of the war and was honorable discharged which discharge I have lost also I further say under Oath that by reason of my Reduced Circumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support. I am in in the Sixtysecond year of my age
Benj a Flint

State of Hampshire
Cheshire ss March 30 th 1819 Then before Elisha Huntley a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Cheshire personally appeared Benjamin Flint within named and made solemn Oath That the within declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and it having been made to appear to my satisfaction That the Said Benjamin Flint did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy in manner as by him is stated in Said declaration and also that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support all of which I certify and transmit the testimony To the Honorable John C. Calhoun
Testimony of war -
Elisha Huntley
} one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County
Cheshire ss March 30. 1819.
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Courts in the county of Cheshire certify that Elisha Huntley is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Said county - that the foregoing is his signature and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court
S. Hale Clerk

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Benjamin Flint
Balance 1202.25
Manchester
11.70
W. B. North
Sept 1819

SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income of Benjamin Flint of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
100. Acres of light soil river land 40. acres mountain Rocky land 1. old house and shed 1. old Barn & Corn Barn whole of the estimated worth — $1000.00 1. old horse — 25.00 1. yoke small oxen — 40.00 4. Cows at 12. $ — 48.00 2. 2 year old heifers at 8 $ — 16.00 2. 1 year old. Do. at 4 — 8.00 1. year old colt — 6.00 4. Calves at 2 $ — 8.00 13. Sheep at 6/ — 13.00 10. Lambs at 4/6 — 7.50 3. Swine at 30/ — 15.00 1. old cart. 30/ — 6.00 2. old Ploughs at 9/ — 3.00 2. old drags at 9/ — 3.00 2. Iron bars at 6/ — 2.00 2. old axes at 3/ — 1.00 1. old Shod Shovel 1/6 — 0.25 1. chain & pin do. 9/ — 1.50 1. old gun & stone — 1.00 2. old Rakes at 9/ — 0.25 4. Forks at 1/6 — 1.00 1. old yoke — 3/ — 0.50 1. old one horse waggons — 15.00 1. harness for do — 5.00 1. old cutter — 10.00 1236.00
Amount Bro't up 1236.00 2 old haes at 1/6 — 50 1. Bettle and wedges — 1.00 1. Desk — 10.00 1. Bureau — 7.50 1. Small table — 4.00 2. light stands at 4/6 — 1.50 8. Dining chairs at 3/ — 4.00 1. old table 6/ — 1.00 6. old chairs at 1/6 — 1.50 2. old set gun & horns — 0.50 1 W. Shovel & tongs — 1.00 1 pot 4/6 — 0.75 1. old Brass Kettle — 2.75 2. old hooped Kettles — 0.50 1. small looking glass — 0.25 brockery & glassware 2.00 1 old loom 12/ — 2.00 10. old Boards at 1/6 2.50 2. old Tubs at 3/ — 1.00 1. old hand saw — 1.00 1281.25 1 Stryth Smith — 1.00 1282.25
Benjamin Flint
We the Subscribers testify and say, that we have viewed the property contained in the above Schedule, shewn to us by above named, as his property; and are of opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value.
Cheshire ss. appeared,
above named, and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by them subscribed. Before me,
I certify, that named, are disinterested and credible witnesses.
182 Personally
Justice of the Peace.
above
Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Benjamin Select aged sixty three years, resident in Wittville in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
1777. in the spring I enlisted into Capt. James Keeth's Company for three years on the Continental establishment in the Regiment commanded by Col. Marshall Jackson of the 8th Mass. Brigade. I was in the Battles of Stillwater and at the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown. In 1780 I enlisted during the war as a Sergeant into the Major Co. commanded by Lieut. Munroe. 29th July following I was drafted into Capt. John Banham's Company and served during the war. I was discharged at the the York Town N.Y.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the thirteenth day of March 1819 The number of my pension certificate is 11.706
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My occupation is farming but owing to a halpeticion of the heart and other infirmities of age I am not able to pursue it more than two thirds of the time my family consists of a wife Sarah who is very infirm and six children viz. Anna aged 23. Hope aged 19. Lucia 11. Ezekiel 9. James 6 Simon 3 — debts due to me one hundred and thirty dollars. indebted two hundred and fifty dollars —
Benjamin Select
Sworn to and declared at Keene in said County, on the fourth day of July 1820 Before
Nathaniel Perkins } Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is 1282 dollars and 25 cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 8th day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale

45761 Rev INVALID.
File No. 45761 Benjamin Flink Berd Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 18
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

of the In the service of the United States of America.
GREETING.
REPOSING special Trust and Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do by these Presents, appoint you Sergeant to the the service of the United States - you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Sergeant, by doing and performing all Manner of Things therein belonging. And I do hereby charge and command all Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders, as follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your Superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Laws enacted in you; for which it shall be your constant Warrant.
FLINT, BENJAMIN (MASS.) 5-45761

To Benjamin Flint of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment in the Service of the United States of America.
G R E E T I N G.
R EPOSING especial Trust and Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do, by these Presents, appoint you First Serjeant to the Majors Company in the Service of the United States — you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant belonging: And I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders, as First Serjeant. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you ; for which there shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand, and seal at West Point this 5 th Day of Feb y 1850
Silas Paine Lieut.
Michl Jackson Col o 8 Massach s Reg t
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Benjamin Flint. private Colonel Jacksons Regt Mass t line 1777-3 years
on Roll
Admitted
FLINT, BENJAMIN (MASS.) 5-45761

UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BY THIS PUBLIC INSTRUMENT,
Be it known unto all to whom the same shall come,
That on this twentysventh day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, JOHN PUNCHARD, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex, duly constituted and sworn, dwelling in Salem, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aforesaid, personally came and appeared, Thomas Hartshorne of Salem in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid and on solemn Oath declared - That in the year 1777 he was a Lieutenant in Capt James Keith's Company, in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment of the 8th Massachusetts Line - that in April or May in the same year he enlisted Benjamin Flint as a waiter & knows that the sd. Flint served as a waiter in said Company, until February 1780 - That said Flint then enlisted into a Company commanded by Lieut. Peirce; that in July 1780, said Flint was was drafted into Capt John Burnham's Company of Light Infantry, in which he served during the remainder of the war of the Revolution - Thos Hartshorne
In Testimony whereof, I the said Justice of the Peace, have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal of Office, at Salem aforesaid, on the day and year first above written.
John Punchard Justice Peace.

Flint

War Department, 11.706.
PENSION OFFICE,
July 17 th 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Benjamin Flint, New Chester, N. H.

Benjamin Hirst
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the Pres t of the B d B d U S in Portsmouth, New Hampshire No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
“ This Certificate is issued in lieu of one supposed to be lost, or destroyed, which, if it should be presented (hereaf- ter) at the Bank the Agent will please to transmit to the War Department.”
Registered, by Ben o Hirst , Clerk, in book B, volume 1 page 57.

War Department. Duplicate REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Benjamin Flint late a Sergeant. in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire , Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirtieth day of March - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fifth — day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Benjamin Flink of Winterton in the county of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain John Burnham Company, in the eighth Regiment, of the Massachusetts line Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778. which certificates I cannot now find. —
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this seventeenth day of June , in the year eighteen hundred twenty eight.
Benj w Flink
Before me,‡ a Justice of the Peace in the county of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire personally appeared, this day, Benjamin Flink and Thomas Whulock & John Wood of the said county, who did severally make oath that Benjamin Flink by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated,
Witness my hand, this seventeenth day of June in the year 1828.
Thomas M. Edwards.
Justice of the Peace.
I, Salma Hale Clerk of the Court of the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify, that Thomas M. Edwards before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 27 th day of June A.D. 1828
S. Hale clerk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

Benj. Flint
9 June 1819.
COPIES OF NEWSPAPERS.
Amos A. Phelps and some others that the aforementioned Commissions was given from Justice of the Peace for the said County of Chester, personally appeared ON this day of 1819 before me the sub-
John Phelps
the day and year aforesaid. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of the said County of Chester this 9th day of June 1819. John Phelps Justice of the Peace.

Benjamin Flint APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. County of Cheshire, ss.
ON this twenty third day of May 1820; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Benjamin Flint who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Keith afterwards in Capt. John Burnham's Company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the ninth day of March, 1820, at Manchester  was was delivered to Nahum Parker, Esquire, accompanied with a power of attorney, authorising Amos A. Parker to receive the money due on said Certificate the 4th of March last; and that he at to deliver to said attorney then believes said Certificate is now lost, by being stolen from said attorney on the night of the 15th of April 1820 before which time he has lost his certificate Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Benjamin Flint the day and year aforesaid. } Nahum Parker Jus. Peace.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. Cheshire ss.
ON this 24 th day of May 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Amos A. Parker, and made oath that the abovementioned Certificate was stolen from his possession at Manchester on said day on the night of the 15th of April, 1820, and has not since been recovered. Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Amos A. Parker the day and year aforesaid. } Nahum Parker , Jus. Peace.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. Cheshire ss.
I, Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said County, certify that Nahum Parker is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and the above is his signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 30 th day of May 1820. S. Hale Clerk.

Alvin S.H. June 29
Rev. Clarius. —
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Hon Secretary of War Washington City

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Act 1828
Benjamin Flint.
Settled ab
Treasury
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Invalid file
# 45761

Keene June 17. 1828.
Sir. -
I herein enclose the declaration of Betsy a Flink - with the certificate of identity. - During the long lapse of time since the receipt of the papers, his certificate for the reward under the act of May 1828. - & his discharge are both lost. - He is now on the pension list & stricken off on account of his property. - His sergeant's warrant & other evidence of his service were furnished to the Department on his in support of his first application, and if now in the files of the office may perhaps render unnecessary the expense & trouble of obtaining that evidence again. Enclose his former certificate &c Wm. Edwards -

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828
Benjamin Flint, — of Winchester. — in the County of Cheshire, — in the State of New Hampshire , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant — in captain Burnham — 's company, in the eighth regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31. July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Benjamin Flint in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that Benja. Flint is now on the pension list of the Massachusetts agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Eight dollars per month.
John Hagner Aud

Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 2, p. 427 Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 8. 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Benjamin Flint under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension. It appears from the records in the Pension Office, that the claimant is the individual stated to be on the pension list of the Massachusetts agency.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
See letter from the War Department 13 Aug 1828.
Pension Office